Named form its showy stem colour, Alocasia 'Pink Dragon'  is a natural hybrid that was bought at the Bangkok Flower Market and brought back to the US, where it became the parent of the entire ‘Safari Series’. Initially named  Alocasia ‘Aurora’, it was not successful when it was first offered in the US in the early 2000s, but has since been rebranded as Alocasia ‘Pink Dragon’ in Europe, where it has become very popular. It is a tuberous, herbaceous plant, with showy foliage. The leaves are heart to arrowhead-shaped, dark green, with contrasting pale grey venation;  each held singly atop long and sturdy pink succulent stems.
 
Genus name comes form the Greek words a meaning without and Colocasia the name of a closely allied genus, form which it was separated.